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2024 Animal Zoonoses Data

Brucella spp.

Table 1 Brucella spp.across bovine, ovine and caprine herds.

Species Total number of herds Number of infected herds Number of herds with status officially free

Bovine

106,166

0

106,166

Ovine and caprine

42,530

0

42,530

Table 2 Brucella spp. across different species of animals.

Sampling Strategy Sample Stage  Animal  Total no. of animals tested  Samples Positive  % Positive 

Objective sampling 

Official 

Bovine 

1,251 

Dogs 

Sheep 

Wild animals (unspecified) 

Table 3 Campylobacter spp. across different species of animals. 

Sampling Strategy Sample Stage Animal Total no. of animals tested Samples Positive % Positive

Objective sampling 

Official 

Calves (under 1 year) 

1,044 

134 

12.8 

Dogs 

35 

0.0 

Donkey 

0.0 

Farmed alpaca 

0.0 

Fox 

0.0 

Goats 

17 

0.0 

Horses 

0.0 

Lagomorphs 

0.0 

Pigeon 

0.0 

Fattening Pigs

28 

0.0 

Sheep (under 1 year) 

587 

24 

4.1 

Coxiella burnetti 

Table 4 Coxiella burnetii across different speciesof animals.

Sampling Strategy Sample Stage Animal Total no. of animals tested Samples Positive % Positive

Objective sampling 

Official 

Dairy cows 

1,147 

31 

2.7 

Goats (adult) 

0.0 

Horses 

0.0 

Lechwe 

0.0 

Fattening pigs 

0.0 

Sheep (adult) 

285 

0.4 

Listeria monocytogenes

Table 5 Listeria monocytogenes across different species of animals. 

Sampling Strategy Sample Stage Animal Total no. of animals tested Samples Positive % Positive

Objective sampling 

Official 

Cattle (adult) 

4,361 

41 

0.9 

Sheep (adult) 

1,687 

12 

0.7 

Mycobacteriumbovis

Table 6 Mycobacterium bovis across bovine herds.

Species Total number of herds Number of infected herds Number of herds with status officially free

Bovine

101,166

6,254

102,094

Table 7 Mycobacterium bovis acrossdifferent speciesof animals.

Sampling Strategy Sample Stage Animal Total no. of animals tested Samples Positive % Positive

Objective sampling 

Official 

Badgers 

1,946 

843 

43.3 

Wild deer 

48 

28 

58.3 

Suspect sampling 

Official 

Foxes 

0.0 

Goats 

0.0 

Fattening Pigs

33.3 

Private 

Cats 

60.0 

Dog 

0.0 

Farmed alpaca 

19 

16 

84.2 

Fattening Pigs 

100.0 

Primate-orangutan

0

0.0

Sheep (adult)

7

2

28.6

Salmonella spp.

Table 8 Salmonella spp. across different species of animals. 

Sampling Strategy Sample Stage Animal Total no. of animals tested Samples Positive % Positive

Objective sampling 

Official 

Cattle (adult) 

4,361 

33 

0.8 

Badgers 

0.0 

Broiler 

77 

0.0 

Buzzard 

0.0 

Cats 

0.0 

Dogs 

39 

0.0 

Duck 

11.1 

Eagle 

0.0 

Exotic (unspecified) 

42 

0.0 

Fattening pigs 

212 

18 

8.5 

Goats 

39 

0.0 

Hen 

76 

1.3 

Horses 

14 

0.0 

Lagomorphs 

22 

0.0 

Peregrine 

0.0 

Pheasant 

0.0 

Sheep adult 

1,255 

29 

2.3 

Turkeys 

10 

0.0 

Vulpine foxes 

0.0 

Whooper swan 

0.0 

Wild deer 

0.0 

Suspect sampling 

Private 

Aborted calves 

1,295 

24 

1.9 

Table 9 Salmonella spp. in poultry flocks. 

Sampling Strategy Sample Stage Animal Total no. of animals tested Samples Positive % Positive

Census sampling 

Industry 

Broiler breeder flocks of gallus gallus (parent breeding flocks) 

119 

0.8 

Broilers before slaughter 

4,339 

0.1 

Laying hens 

464 

0.2 

Turkey breeders 

0.0 

Turkey fatteners 

455 

0.7 

Objective sampling 

Official 

Broiler breeder flocks of gallus gallus (parent breeding flocks) 

119 

0.0 

Broilers before slaughter 

33 

3.0 

Laying hens 

364 

0.3 

Turkey breeders 

0.0 

Turkey fatteners 

10 

0.0 

Salmonella spp. in animal feed 

Table 10 Salmonella spp. across different type of animal feed materials. 

Sampling Strategy Sample Stage Type of feed material Tested Positive % Positive

Objective sampling 

Official 

Compound feeding stuffs 

117 

Feed material of cereal grain origin 

168 

Feed material of land animal origin 

18 

Feed material of marine animal origin 

Feed material of oil seed or fruit origin 

150 

0.7 

Other feed material 

46 

Pet food - final product 

Salmonella serovars

Figure1 Breakdown of Salmonella serovars isolated from various animal species tested in 2024.
 

Figure 2 Sankey diagram depicting therelationshipofSalmonellaserovarswithvarious animal speciestested in 2024.

Toxoplasmagondii

Table 11 Toxoplasma gondii across different species of animals. 

Sampling Strategy Sample Stage Animal Total no. of animals tested Samples Positive % Positive

Objective sampling 

Official 

Cattle (adult) 

0.0 

Exotic (unspecified) 

0.0 

Goats (adult) 

25.0 

Fattening pigs

0.0 

Sheep (adult) 

310 

39 

12.6 

Trichinella

Table12 Trichinella across different species of animals

Sampling Strategy Sample Stage Animal Total no. of animals tested Samples Positive % Positive

Objective sampling 

Official 

Horses 

20 

Pigs 

1,150 

Census 

Horses 

919 

Pigs 

3,322,941 

 

Yersinia spp.

Table 13 Yersinia spp. across different species of animals. 

Sampling Strategy Sample Stage Animal Total no. of animals tested Samples Positive % Positive

Objective sampling 

Official 

Aborted calves 

100.0 

Calves (under 1 year) 

100.0 

Cats 

0.0 

Cattle (dairy cows) 

4,352 

0.04 

Dogs 

40 

0.0 

Exotic (unspecified) 

42 

0.0 

Goats 

46 

0.0 

Horses 

16 

0.0 

Lagomorphs 

22 

0.0 

Fattening pigs

212 

0.0 

Poultry (unspecified) 

240 

0.0 

Sheep (under 1 year) 

1,687 

0.2